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Calahorra Calagorra (Aragonese) | |
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| Coordinates:42°18′00″N1°58′00″W / 42.30000°N 1.96667°W /42.30000; -1.96667 | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community |  La Rioja |
| Province | La Rioja ("Uniprovincial" autonomous community) |
| Comarca | Rioja Baja |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (Since 2019) | Elisa Garrido Jiménez (PSOE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 93.57 km2 (36.13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 358 m (1,175 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 25,064 |
| • Density | 267.9/km2 (693.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CET) |
| Website | www |
Calahorra (Spanish:[kalaˈora];Aragonese:Calagorra;Latin:Calagurris) is a municipality in the Spanish autonomous community and province ofLa Rioja. DuringAncient Roman times, Calahorra was amunicipium known asCalagurris Nassica Iulia.
The city is located on a hill at an altitude of 358 metres at the confluence of the Ebro andCidacos rivers, and has an area of 91.41 km². Calahorra is the second-largest city in La Rioja in population and importance, after the capital,Logroño. Its population is 23,923 people.
It is well-connected to other cities, especially by highway. It is situated in the Ebro valley, 48 kilometres from Logroño, 120 km fromZaragoza and 180 km fromBilbao, and is connected to these cities by nationalhighway 232, the A-68 motorway (Vasco-Aragonesa) and the Bilbao-Zaragoza rail line.
Its daily bus services link it to such cities asPamplona,Soria andSan Sebastián.
Its status as seat of acomarca and judicial district make it a service-industry city in administrative, commercial and leisure fields.
Calahorra has been inhabited since thePaleolithic, and its stable population dates to theIron Age.
Rome conquered the town in 187 BC and brought it to its highest point of importance as an administrative centre for surrounding regions. Calahorra supportedQuintus Sertorius in his war againstPompey, whom the city resisted successfully since 76 BC. It was only taken four years later by Pompey's legateLucius Afranius, after a lot of inhabitants had died from starvation and there had occurred cannibalism.Julius Caesar andAugustus Caesar gave the city (then namedCalagurris) numerous distinctions, converted it into a municipality, and developed its city planning, economy, and politics. Its archeological remains show that it had a circus, baths, an amphitheatre, and other services found in large cities. It minted money and served as a justice administration centre.
Quintilian, well known for his descriptions of the culture of that time, was born in Calahorra, and theParador in the city is named after him. It has Roman ruins in the grounds.Saints Emeterius and Celedonius, martyred in the city around 305 AD, are thepatron saints of the city, and the city's coat of arms depict their names. The cathedral is dedicated to them. The Christian Roman poet Prudentius may have inhabited at some point in Calahorra, who pinpoints it on the territory of theVascones in the 4th century.
After the rule of theMoors in the 9th and 10th centuries the Christian kingGarcía Sánchez III of Pamplona captured the city in 1045.
Calahorra was once home to one of the most ancientJewish communities in Castile, dating to 1145 AD. In 1492, whenthe Jews were expelled, most left rather than becomeconversos.[2] Following the expulsion, the localsynagogue was assigned to the local clergy, with authorization to adapt the building for use as a church.[3]
The population had reached 7,000 by the 1840s.[4]
| Term | Mayor | Political party |
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| 1979–1983 | Ernesto Sáenz Enciso | CIR |
| 1983–1987 | María Antonia San Felipe | PSOE |
| 1987–1991 | Fernando Deza (1987), María Antonia San Felipe | AP,PSOE |
| 1991–1995 | María Antonia San Felipe | PSOE |
| 1995–1999 | Javier Pagola | PP |
| 1999–2003 | Javier Pagola | PP |
| 2003–2007 | Javier Pagola | PP |
| 2007–2011 | Javier Pagola | PP |
| 2011–2015 | Javier Pagola (2011-2014), Luis Martínez-Portillo (2014-2015) | PP |
| 2015–2019 | Luis Martínez-Portillo | PP |
| 2019–2023 | Elisa Garrido Jiménez | PSOE |
| 2023– | n/d | n/d |
La Calahorra Village inAndalucia
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